Author Topic: Texting Teen falls into Sewer (Read 4329 times)

Zardozimo Oprah Bannedalas · « **on:** July 11, 2009, 02:27:27 PM »

NEW YORK (CBS) ―
It was an accident waiting to happen -- an open sewer and a 15-year-old girl who was texting while she walked.

Alexa Longueira, a high school sophomore, was walking along Victory Boulevard near Travis Avenue on Staten Island Wednesday evening when she felt the earth move and was plunged into smelly darkness.

She said the manhole she fell in to was left open and unattended with no warning signs or orange cones. She said two workers with the New York City Department of Environmental Protection failed to secure the area as they prepared to flush the sewer.

"It was just really gross and it was shocking and scary," she said. "Because of their careless mistake I got hurt."

Longueira has deep cuts and bruises and said she now has nightmares about falling, but she also did admit she was texting at the time.

"Regardless of whether I'm texting or not if there was a cone there I'm gong to see a big orange cone," she said. "I walk that sidewalk every day, I don't expect a big hole there."

Longueira said she was helped out of the five-foot deep sewer by an apologetic DEP worker.

She went to the hospital and the city opened an investigation, issuing the following statement:

"We regret that this happened and wish the young woman a speedy recovery."

The Longueira family wants more than get well wishes. They may sue. Alexa's mother, Kim, said: "It could have been an elderly person, a mother pushing a stroller. It could have been anyone."

Alexa lost one of her sneakers in the sewer. She does not want it back.

The girl's mother said Alexa will see more doctors next week to get an MRI and check for damage to her spine.

(Â© MMIX, CBS Broadcasting Inc. All Rights Reserved.)

http://wcbstv.com/local/texting.manhole.raw.2.1081403.html

Situational awareness fail.

Cromlech · « **Reply #1 on:** July 11, 2009, 02:43:52 PM »

It says wednesday evening, which at this time of year in the Northern Hemisphere should mean there was enough light still to see perfectly well.

In conclusion:
a) The workers should have 'coned it'.
b) The girl should look where she is bloody well going.

280plus · « **Reply #2 on:** July 11, 2009, 02:47:06 PM »

I wonder if she has nightmares about texting too.

Standing Wolf · « **Reply #3 on:** July 11, 2009, 05:06:47 PM »

It's always somebody else's fault, (Bush's, for example.)

never_retreat · « **Reply #4 on:** July 11, 2009, 05:38:23 PM »

I wonder if she dropped the phone?

Doggy Daddy · « **Reply #5 on:** July 11, 2009, 07:03:53 PM »

Could be worse...

London Pads Lamp Posts To Help Prevent 'Texting While Walking' Related Injuries

http://www.geekologie.com/2008/03/london_pads_lamp_posts_to_help.php

DD

Perd Hapley · « **Reply #6 on:** July 11, 2009, 07:51:20 PM »

Wasn't the padded-lamp-posts-in-London thing a joke?

Waitone · « **Reply #7 on:** July 11, 2009, 09:16:58 PM »

While undergoing the MRI docs should do a quick check for a brain.

I have no sympathy for stupidity.

Doggy Daddy · « **Reply #8 on:** July 11, 2009, 11:50:16 PM »

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Wasn't the padded-lamp-posts-in-London thing a joke?

Not to my knowledge.

http://www.foxnews.com/story/0,2933,335896,00.html

DD

Perd Hapley · « **Reply #9 on:** July 12, 2009, 10:08:21 AM »

It seems a few pads were temporarily installed as a publicity stunt.

http://www.wired.com/gadgetlab/2008/03/padded-lamposts/

Regolith · « **Reply #10 on:** July 12, 2009, 10:31:00 AM »

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"It was just really gross and it was shocking and scary," she said. "Because of ~~their~~ my careless mistake I got hurt."

Fixed that for her.

Yeah, they should have coned it, but geez.

Mabs2 · « **Reply #11 on:** July 12, 2009, 11:52:40 AM »

First thought when I read the thread title was "Did she die?"

How did I know it was a girl?

Doggy Daddy · « **Reply #12 on:** July 12, 2009, 12:02:54 PM »

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It seems a few pads were temporarily installed as a publicity stunt.

OW!

I've been corrected by Fistful. In public.

ow! ow! ow!

DD

MechAg94 · « **Reply #13 on:** July 13, 2009, 12:52:53 AM »

Quote from: Mabs on July 12, 2009, 11:52:40 AM

First thought when I read the thread title was "Did she die?"

How did I know it was a girl?

That's interesting. My first thought was

.

I find it hard to believe that she would have seen a big orange cone, but she didn't see the big black hole in the sidewalk. If they would have coned it, she would have tripped over the cone and fallen in head first and been killed. She should thank them for leaving it unmarked.

crt360 · « **Reply #14 on:** July 13, 2009, 02:28:51 AM »

Quote from: MechAg94 on July 13, 2009, 12:52:53 AM

I find it hard to believe that she would have seen a big orange cone, but she didn't see the big black hole in the sidewalk. If they would have coned it, she would have tripped over the cone and fallen in head first and been killed. She should thank them for leaving it unmarked.

I think you're right.

:D :D :D

coppertales · « **Reply #15 on:** July 13, 2009, 01:06:51 PM »

I snorted my coffee when I saw that this morning on the news. If I had burned my nose, could I have sued the tv station for putting such stupid people stories on the air??? chris3

AZRedhawk44 · « **Reply #16 on:** July 13, 2009, 01:11:37 PM »

Perhaps she needs to be made aware of walls, cars and other obstacles as well.

freedom lover · « **Reply #17 on:** July 13, 2009, 01:46:08 PM »

For every action there is an equal and opposite reaction. Natural selection is at work here. Stupidity is not a trait which aids in survival. It hinders it.

coppertales · « **Reply #18 on:** July 13, 2009, 01:56:00 PM »

Do you think "stinky" will be her new nickname at school? chris3

AZRedhawk44 · « **Reply #19 on:** July 13, 2009, 02:04:50 PM »

Quote from: coppertales on July 13, 2009, 01:56:00 PM

Do you think "stinky" will be her new nickname at school? chris3

I think in this particular case, $#!+ for brains would be particularly apt.

RoadKingLarry · « **Reply #20 on:** July 13, 2009, 04:04:31 PM »

This is the result of the ongoing circumventing of natural selection.
Ignorane should hurt.
Stupidity should be painful.
Gross stupidity should be crippleing.
Monumental stupidity should be fatal.

Society protects stupid people and allows them to breed. Stupid people breed uncontrolled like raddits and pass on the stupid gene to increasingly larger generatiopns of stupid offspring and the cycle continues.

Smart people on the other hand do things to protect the stupid people and they control their reproduciton to a sustainable level.

This cycle has continued to the point that stupid people have reached the point that they out number smart people.

I suspect that the point of balance has tipped in favor of stupid people and smart people will soon become a thing of the past. Shortly there after stupid people will become extinct becasue there is no one around to print up new warning labels to tell stupid people what not to do.

And it will be Bush's fault.

Balog · « **Reply #21 on:** July 13, 2009, 04:07:08 PM »

At least we'll have Brawndo. I hear it's got what plants crave.

Hmmm, suddenly I miss ManedWolf....

Zardozimo Oprah Bannedalas · « **Reply #22 on:** July 13, 2009, 04:09:12 PM »

Quote from: Balog on July 13, 2009, 04:07:08 PM

At least we'll have Brawndo. I hear it's got what plants crave.

Hmmm, suddenly I miss ManedWolf....

Why? Do plants crave him, too?

AZRedhawk44 · « **Reply #23 on:** July 13, 2009, 04:09:46 PM »

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I suspect that the point of balance has tipped in favor of stupid people and smart people will soon become a thing of the past. Shortly there after stupid people will become extinct becasue there is no one around to print up new warning labels to tell stupid people what not to do.

Smart people need to breed like rabbits as a defensive measure to increase their voting bloc.

Balog · « **Reply #24 on:** July 13, 2009, 04:12:20 PM »

Quote from: AZRedhawk44 on July 13, 2009, 04:09:46 PM

Smart people need to breed like rabbits as a defensive measure to increase their voting bloc.

I'm on it.

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